Welcome to London Fictions
LATEST POST: Norman Collins, London Belongs To Me by Séamas Duffy, article here
RECENT POST: Sajjad Zaheer, A Night in London by Madhu Singh, article here
MOST POPULAR: Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia by Susie Thomas, article here
RECENT POST: Sajjad Zaheer, A Night in London by Madhu Singh, article here
MOST POPULAR: Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia by Susie Thomas, article here
What is London Fictions?
London Fictions is a site celebrating the novels which capture the essence of an intriguing city. On this site are articles about books which have a powerful feel of London, or a locality or social strata within the city. Each is written by an expert and enthusiast. Some of these novels are well known and widely read. Others may well be new to you. I hope this site will encourage you to read more of the fiction set in London, and to walk the streets and surroundings which these novels depict.
We are keen for new contributions - please do offer to write, there's a contact form a little lower down this page. And to the right, you will see news of events and publications of interest - including plans for a book which will include some of the items posted on this site. Do please browse - enjoy - share - read - and write. And here are the items already posted on this site - click on the book cover to be taken straight there:
| This site got more than 50,000 page hits in 2011. Thanks for your support - and do keep coming back.
Beats, Bums and Bohemians
Three great London novels have been republished by Five Leaves, in their New London Editions series. They are all about "beats, bums and bohemians". They are:
+ Terry Taylor, Baron's Court, All Change + Laura Del-Rivo, The Furnished Room + Colin Wilson, Adrift in Soho Cathi Unsworth, who herself writes a great deal about beats, bums and bohemians, has reviewed all three titles here. 'Jew Boy'
 London Books has republished Simon Blumenfeld's seminal 1930s novel, Jew Boy. Ken Worpole has written the introduction. And Benedict Richards has designed another in this publisher's stand-out covers.
'A Night in London'
 A Night in London - published by Harper - is the first ever full translation into English of a key writing of one of the most important figures in progressive Urdu literature. Sajjad Zaheer's novella is the story of a party given one evening in the mid-1930s by an Indian student with rooms in Bloomsbury. More details to the left.
The image at the head of this page is a panorama of London from Hampstead Heath. Photograph taken by Michael Reeve, 17 July 2004. It is used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
We are always on the look out for new contributions - so please do offer! |
